Attachment for razor-strops.



PATBNTED JAN. 31, 1905.

J. S. BURK.

ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR STROPS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY '7, 1904.

Patented January 31, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

JOSIAH S. BURK, OF PROSSER, I'ISIIINUION.

ATTACHMENT FOR RAZOR-STROPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,591, dated January 31, 1905. Application filed May 7,1904. Serial No. 206,389.

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Be it known that I, Josmn S. BURK, a citizen of the United States, residing at lrosser, in the county of Yakima and State of ashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Razor- Strops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

My invention relates to means for attaching a razor-strop or other device to a snitablesupport, such as a barbers chair or other fixture; and the object of the invention is to provide an attachment which can be readily applied to a support and in such a manner that the strop or other device can be readily taken off and returned to its position whenever desired.

A further object is to provide an attachment for a razor-strep or other device which will permit of a free sliding movement of the strop on the attachment and when desired to permit of the attachment of a plurality of strops Without one interfering with the other or having to twist one of the strops in order to use the same.

Other objects of the invention will be brought out in the description of the invention in the specification.

The invention consists in certain details of construction, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved attachment, showing a razor-strop in position thereon. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the attaching-plate. Fig. I is a similar viewof the raised or bent bar to which the razor-strop or other device is attached. Fig. 5 is a plan view of theattaching-plate and the raised bar and showing one end of the bar disengaged from the plate. Fig. 6 is an edge view of theattachmcnt and showing the raised or bent bar provided with a notch or depression. Fig. 7 is a transverse section through a modified form of the attachment, but in this instance the attaching-plate is shown curved in cross-section to enable it to snugly lit acurved edge or other surface; and Fig. 8 is a plan view of a modilied construction of the device and showing the bar provided with a roller or sleeve.

1 in the drawings represents a raised or bent bar which is provided at its end with flanges or extensions provided with apertures or slots 3 and I, respectively, for attaching it to, preferably, a securing-plate, as 2. Any suitable means may be provided for attaching the bar to the plate 2 or to a suitable support; but I prefer the construction illustrated in the drawings, in which I have shown the ends of the bar 1 as flattened and provided in one of said flattened ends with an open angular slot, as 3, and the other end ot'said bar as provided, preferably, with a closed angular slot, as I. Ido not wish to limit my invention to the specific construction of these slots, although the construction shown is preferable for the purposes intended. By havingthe open angular slot 3 the bar I can be disengaged from a stud or pin and the strop or other device removed from the bar or returned to a position on the bar by turning the bar from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and .2 and then sliding the bar longitudinally or vertically. according to the position in which the attachment is secured in place. The slot & in the other end of the bar permits of the sliding movement of the bar, and by forming said slot of an angular formation this end of the bar can be slit so as to engage thcangular portion of the slot with the pin or stud and prevent any loose movement or play of the bar I.

The bar 1 is attached to a suitable support,

butpreferably to the plate 2, by means of pins or studs, as When the bar is attached to the plate 2, the studs or pins 5 may be carried by the plate and are preferably screw-tlu'caded, as shown. To hold the bar 1 in position on the plate 2 or on a suitable support, I preferably provide internallythreaded thumbnuts, as (S, by means of which the bar 1 can be clamped upon the plate 2, or, ifdesircd, the thumb-nut (S can be formed integral with the pin or stud 5 and screwed into the plate or support, the pin or stud passing through the slot or aperture in the end of the bar and the bar being clamped by the head of the pin or stud coming in contact with the same.

By the construction and arrangement thus described by attaching the bar 1 to the plate 2 or to a suitable support by means of the thumb-nut 6 and stud or pin 5 or by means of a headed screw in connection with the closed slot i the said bar can be secured in position so as to have a pivotal movement, and by loosening up on the thumb-screw 6 be given a slightly-sliding movement, which will enable the open or receiving end of the slot 3 to engage the pin or stud 5 on the other end of the plate 2 and also permit of the bar 1 to be slid so as to engage the portion 7 of the open slot 3 and also to enable the pin or stud 5 at the opposite end of the plate 2 to engage the angular portion 8 of the closed slot 4:, so as to prevent any accidental sliding movement of the bar 1 during the stropping operation or while a device is being supported by the bar.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the bar 1 provided with a depression or notch, as 9. By this construction the swiveled ring which is commonly employed on the end of razor-strops may be seated within said notch or depression and the strop prevented from having a sliding movement when said movement is not desired.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the plate 2 curved in cross-section to enable it to snugly fit a curved surface.

In Fig. 8 I haveshown the bar 1 provided with a sleeve or roller, as 11. By this construction an article suspended or supported on said roller will be permitted to have a free movement around the same when desired.

The attaching-plate 2, it will be observed, is preferably provided with a plurality of apertures which afford a means of attachment at two points in the plate for the same, which prevents the plate from havinga twisting or turning action, such as is present Where an attaching means is secured to a support by means of a single screw, as in the case of an ordinary screw-eye commonly employed by barbers to which to attach a razor-strop.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that my attachment can be conveniently applied to an article of furniture or other fixture or to any suitable support without disfiguring the same, as I contemplate, where the device is to be used in a barbershop, for instance, constructing the attachment of metal and nickelplating or otherwise finishing the same or constructed in some instances of wood, so as to give it a neat and ornamental appearance. It will be further observed that by providing a comparatively long or raised bar, as 1, a free sliding movement is permitted to a razor-strop, which takes the strain off of the attaching-screws and permits a plurality of strops to be attached to a single device Without liability of the strops becoming twisted and also permits several operators to strop their razors at the same time without interfering one with the other, the comparatively long raised or bent bar permitting one strop to be at one end of the bar and the other strop at the other end thereof.

*hile I have shown and described my invention as especially adapted as an attachment for razor-strops, I do not wish to be limited to such use, as it is obvious that it might be employed to advantage in attaching and supporting other devices.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An attachment of the character described, comprisinga comparatively long raised bar, a loosely-mounted sleeve or roller on said bar, and means for attaching the bar to a support.

2. An attachment 0 t' the character described, comprising a comparatively long raised or bent bar provided with apertured flanges, an attaching-plate and a thumb-nut for clamping the bar to the plate.

3. An attachment of the character described, comprising a bar provided with attaching ends, having an angular slot in each end, and means passing through the slots for securing the bar in position.

4. An attachment of the character described, comprising a comparatively long raised, or bent bar provided with attaching ends having angular-shaped slots in said end, one of said slots being open out to the edge of the bar, and means passed through the slots for holding the bar in position.

5. An attachment of the character described, comprising an attaching-plate, a raised bar pivoted at one end of said plate and provided at its other free end with a slot and constructed to engage a securing means applied to the attaching-plate.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSIAH S. BURK.

itnesses: V

GILBERT A. LANE, S. H. MAsoN. 

